{"id":15601,"date":"2026-10-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=15601"},"modified":"2026-09-14T06:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:52:54","slug":"hope-while-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/hope-while-waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope While Waiting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Over the weekend, I spoke at a women\u2019s conference on God\u2019s promises. To illustrate my point, I used a bridge. When we stand on a bridge and look over the river, we can\u2019t see the pillars supporting the structure, but we trust they exist. We know we won\u2019t fall because the sound architecture holds us up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same way, when we stand on God\u2019s promises, we can\u2019t see how the Lord will fulfill them, but we trust He will. Our heavenly Father keeps His promises, every one of them. We can wait with hope and patience, even though we don\u2019t see, knowing that, in His time, the Lord will come through for us again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul reminded the Romans that biblical hope gives us a confident expectation rooted in God\u2019s promises. When we haven\u2019t received an answer to our prayers, the Lord asks us to wait with patience and confidence, trusting the outcome we can\u2019t yet see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the bridge\u2019s pillars, we can\u2019t see what we hope for today, but that doesn\u2019t mean God has forgotten us. Waiting becomes an opportunity for active trust that deepens our faith as we surrender our timeline and place our trust in our Savior\u2019s wisdom over our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my talk, I shared that I stood on Philippians 4:19, which says that God will provide all our needs out of His glorious riches in Jesus Christ. For sixteen years, I stood on that promise as I survived layoff after layoff at my company. Waiting with patient hope looked like going to work every day, thankful for another day of employment. When the time came to leave that company, I left on my own terms, not theirs. And God fulfilled His promise to provide for me through Jesus, one day at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul wrote to a world still waiting for God\u2019s complete restoration. Just before this verse, the apostle says, \u201ccreation itself is groaning,\u201d as it waits for the day when the Lord makes everything right. As believers, we \u201cgrown\u201d inwardly as we wait for the full experience of our salvation, the day the Lord completely restores us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, we stand confidently on His promises and wait with patient hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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